"Each state, so that it does not abridge……" — Lyman Trumbull
"Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial."
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Lyman Trumbull
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